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Post by countrychartnut on Apr 2, 2015 11:13:08 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 11, 2015:
1. SPRING BREAK CHECKIN' OUT-LUKE BRYAN-CAPITOL-18,000
2. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
3. Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2-Various Artists-Big Machine
4. 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards Zine Pak-Various Artists-WMEX
5. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
6. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
7. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
8. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
9. Ignite The Night-Chase Rice-Columbia
10. Greatest Hits: Decade #1-Carrie Underwood-Arista
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Post by countrychartnut on Apr 9, 2015 13:12:58 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 18, 2015:
1. SOUTHERN STYLE-DARIUS RUCKER-CAPITOL-52,000
2. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
3. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
4. NOW That's What I Call A.C.M. Awards: 50 Years-Various Artists-Universal/Sony
5. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
6. 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards Zine Pak-Various Artists-WMEX
7. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
8. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
9. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
10. Greatest Hits: Decade #1-Carrie Underwood-Arista
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Post by ozbest1 on Apr 9, 2015 22:09:24 GMT -6
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Post by countrychartnut on Apr 10, 2015 14:00:06 GMT -6
Good to see Darius at the top this week! Seven years into his country career and Darius Rucker can boast a perfect record of having chart topping CDs. They are: 1. Learn To Live-2008 2. Charleston, SC 1966-2010 3. True Believers-2013 4. Southern Style-2015
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Post by ozbest1 on Apr 10, 2015 14:32:04 GMT -6
Never realized that, CCN. Good for Darius! Funny, as much as I like most of his songs, I still can't get him out of my head as the front man for Hootie and the Blowfish. I loved their music. I have to say, given your research, he's certainly made country music his "home."
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Post by countrychartnut on Apr 16, 2015 13:37:25 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 25, 2015:
1. SOUTHERN STYLE-DARIUS RUCKER-CAPITOL-17,000
2. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
3. NOW That's What I Call A.C.M. Awards: 50 Years-Various Artists-Universal/Sony
4. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
5. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
6. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
7. I Don't Dance-Lee Brice-Curb
8. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
9. 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards Zine Pak-Various Artists-WMEX
10. Ignite The Night-Chase Rice-Columbia
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Post by countrychartnut on Apr 23, 2015 8:51:03 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 02, 2015:
1. LOVE SOMEBODY-REBA MCENTIRE-NASH ICON-59,000
2. Second Hand Heart-Dwight Yoakam-Warner Bros.
3. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
4. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
5. NOW That's What I Call A.C.M. Awards: 50 Years-Various Artists-Universal/Sony
6. Southern Style-Darius Rucker-Capitol
7. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
8. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
9. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
10. Platinum-Miranda Lambert-RCA
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Post by ozbest1 on Apr 23, 2015 10:03:14 GMT -6
Good for Reba! Glad to see this!
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Post by countrychartnut on Apr 30, 2015 6:55:54 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 09, 2015:
1. LOVE SOMEBODY-REBA MCENTIRE-NASH ICON-23,000
2. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
3. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
4. Hold My Beer, Vol. 1-Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen-Lil' Buddy Toons
5. Platinum-Miranda Lambert-RCA
6. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
7. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
8. Second Hand Heart-Dwight Yoakam-Warner Bros.
9. Southern Style-Darius Rucker-Capitol
10. NOW That's What I Call A.C.M. Awards: 50 Years-Various Artists-Universal/Sony
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Post by countrychartnut on May 7, 2015 8:14:59 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 16, 2015:
1. JEKYLL + HYDE-ZAC BROWN BAND-REPUBLIC-214,000
2. Suffer In Peace-Tyler Farr-Columbia
3. Love Somebody-Reba McEntire-Nash Icon
4. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
5. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
6. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
7. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
8. Southern Style-Darius Rucker-Capitol
9. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
10. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
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Post by countrychartnut on May 14, 2015 11:06:50 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 23, 2015:
1. JEKYLL + HYDE-ZAC BROWN BAND-REPUBLIC-56,000
2. Traveller-Chris Stapleton-Mercury
3. Love Somebody-Reba McEntire-Nash Icon
4. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
5. Suffer In Peace-Tyler Farr-Columbia
6. 4 X 4-Granger Smith-Pioneer
7. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
8. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
9. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
10. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
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Post by Jhomes87 on May 14, 2015 14:02:50 GMT -6
countrychartnut, the label that actually released ZBB's album is Republic Records. Big Machine is only involved in the marketing for ZBB. The album was produced and distributed by Republic.
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Post by countrychartnut on May 14, 2015 15:54:20 GMT -6
countrychartnut, the label that actually released ZBB's album is Republic Records. Big Machine is only involved in the marketing for ZBB. The album was produced and distributed by Republic. Corrected. Thanks.
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Post by Jhomes87 on May 14, 2015 16:15:31 GMT -6
Zac Brown Band has always had the most interesting label partnerships. First, their Southern Ground label used to be called Home Grown Records, but they had to change it for legal reasons. So, under their own Southern Ground Artists label, they wound up partnering with Bigger Picture Group for radio promotion--this was when "Chicken Fried" was first released. And since Bigger Picture was a small indie label, the albums were distributed by Atlantic Records, which is based out of New York and LA, not Nashville.
The Southern Ground/Bigger Picture/Atlantic relationship was only for ZBB's first 2 albums, The Foundation and You Get What You Give. Beginning with "The Wind", their first single from 3rd album Uncaged, their partnership was changed slightly. Radio promotion was done by RPM Entertainment instead of Bigger Picture. RPM only promoted that one single, though. Beginning with "Goodbye In Her Eyes" (and continuing with "Jump Right In" and "Sweet Annie"), Zac's own label Southern Ground handled radio promotion.
After Uncaged, ZBB's relationship with Atlantic ended. They released the digital EP The Grohl Sessions, Volume I independently through Southern Ground, with Southern Ground also promoting one Grohl Sessions single, "All Alright", to country radio.
Then last year they partnered with John Varvatos Records, Big Machine Label Group, and Republic Records (through their own Southern Ground Artists label). John Varvatos Records isn't a traditional record label--they are mainly involved with the "branding" or how an artist looks (kind of like a sponsorship). Big Machine is involved with marketing, and Republic produces and distributes the album. Zac's own Southern Ground team still promotes their singles to country radio, but any songs they send to rock or pop radio will be promoted by Republic.
In short, a very interesting and dynamic partnership. It's a great one, too, because it benefits all involved.
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Post by countrychartnut on May 21, 2015 7:13:57 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 30, 2015:
1. JEKYLL + HYDE-ZAC BROWN BAND-REPUBLIC-31,000
2. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
3. Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 2-Big Machine
4. Traveller-Chris Stapleton-Mercury
5. Love Somebody-Reba McEntire-Nash Icon
6. Suffer In Peace-Tyler Farr-Columbia
7. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
8. The Traveling Kind-Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell-Nonesuch
9. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
10. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
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Post by countrychartnut on May 28, 2015 10:06:00 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 6, 2015:
1. JUST AS I AM-BRANTLEY GILBERT-VALORY-28,000
2. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
3. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
4. The First Time-Kelsea Ballerini-Black River
5. Love Somebody-Reba McEntire-Nash Icon
6. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
7. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
8. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
9. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
10. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
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Post by countrychartnut on Jun 4, 2015 10:01:27 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 2015:
1. JEKYLL + HYDE-ZAC BROWN BAND-REPUBLIC-17,000
2. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
3. Outlaw In Me-the Lacs-Backroad
4. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
5. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
6. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
7. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
8. Love Somebody-Reba McEntire-Nash Icon
9. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
10. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
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Post by countrychartnut on Jun 11, 2015 11:53:45 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 2015:
1. DJANGO AND JIMMIE-WILLIE NELSON AND MERLE HAGGARD-LEGACY-31,000
2. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
3. Summer Forever-Billy Currington-Mercury
4. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
5. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
6. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
7. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
8. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
9. Outlaw In Me-the Lacs-Backroad
10. Spring Break Checkin' Out-Luke Bryan-Capitol
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Post by ozbest1 on Jun 11, 2015 13:26:16 GMT -6
Not surprised to see Willie and Merle's album hit #1. It's been so long. I especially am a fan of Merle's music-- great songwriter and singer.
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Post by countrychartnut on Jun 18, 2015 11:40:01 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 27, 2015:
1. NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL COUNTRY, VOLUME 8-VARIOUS ARTISTS-SONY/UNIVERSAL-19,000
2. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
3. Southernality-A Thousand Horses-Republic Nashville
4. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
5. Django And Jimmie-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard-Legacy
6. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
7. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
8. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
9. Summer Forever-Billy Currington-Mercury
10. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
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Post by Jhomes87 on Jun 11, 2015 20:31:52 GMT -6
Not surprised to see Willie and Merle's album hit #1. It's been so long. I especially am a fan of Merle's music-- great songwriter and singer. I'm glad that it hit #1. And it sold 31,000 copies too, all without a radio hit. Then consider Billy Currington (and I have nothing against Billy, as I do like most of his music)...he released his Summer Forever album the same day that Willie/Merle released their album. And Billy just had a #1 hit -- "Don't It" -- that was heard by millions of radio listeners around the country for weeks on end. And yet...Billy could only sell 20,000 in his first week. Billy = tons of airplay, 20,000 in sales Merle/Willie = no airplay, 31,000 in sales Radio won't play Merle & Willie anymore, but they outsell a lot of the newer artists on the radio these days (and Billy isn't even new, but my point still stands, because most new artists who get a couple of hits are lucky if they can sell 20-30k. Billy has always been a B-list artist at best--he's never had the consistency that someone like Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, etc. has had. Again, I do like Billy and most of his music, but it's pretty sad the way the radio business is done. I mean, Billy can get a #1 hit with ease, so why can't Merle or Willie still get played? It's because country radio is ageist and sexist, in my opinion. They don't play older artists, and they don't play female artists. It's pretty much always been like that -- radio wants to keep the younger listeners on board because they're the future...but it's just all so unfortunate how the system works, imo. |
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Post by ozbest1 on Jun 12, 2015 0:52:17 GMT -6
Have to agree with you, JHomes, on every point.
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Post by countrychartnut on Jun 25, 2015 10:23:13 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 4, 2015:
1. JEKYLL + HYDE-ZAC BROWN BAND-REPUBLIC-19,000
2. NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8-Various Artists-Sony/Universal
3. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
4. Django And Jimmie-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard-Legacy
5. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
6. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
7. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
8. 35 Biggest Hits-Tim McGraw-Curb
9. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
10. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-republic Nashville
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Post by countrychartnut on Jul 2, 2015 14:05:25 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 2015:
1. PAGEANT MATERIAL-KACEY MUSGRAVES-MERCURY-55,000
2. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
3. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
4. Bronco-Canaan Smith-Mercury
5. NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8-Various Artists-Sony/Universal
6. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
7. Django And Jimmie-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard-Legacy
8. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
9. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
10. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
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Post by countrychartnut on Jul 9, 2015 9:26:47 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 18, 2015:
1. ABOUT TO GET REAL-EASTON CORBIN-MERCURY-20,000
2. Pageant Material-Kacey Musgraves-Mercury
3. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
4. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
5. NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8-Various Artists-Sony/Universal
6. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
7. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
8. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
9. Django And Jimmie-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard-Legacy
10. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
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Post by countrychartnut on Jul 16, 2015 9:13:24 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 25, 2015:
1. ABOUT TO GET REAL-EASTON CORBIN-MERCURY-25,000
2. Pageant Material-Kacey Musgraves-Mercury
3. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
4. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
5. NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8-Various Artists-Sony/Universal
6. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
7. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
8. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
9. Django And Jimmie-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard-Legacy
10. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
P.S.: This is the first chart where Global Release Day has been switched to Friday from Tuesday.
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Post by countrychartnut on Jul 23, 2015 10:24:52 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1, 2015:
1. MONTEVALLO-SAM HUNT-MCA-13,000
2. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
3. Pageant Material-Kacey Musgraves-Mercury
4. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
5. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
6. NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8-Various Artists-Sony/Universal
7. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
8. Django And Jimmie-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard-Legacy
9. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
10. Anything Goes-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville
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Post by countrychartnut on Jul 30, 2015 16:29:53 GMT -6
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 2015:
1. SOMETHING MORE THAN FREE-JASON ISBELL-SOUTHEASTERN-46,000
2. Angels And Alcohol-Alan Jackson-EMI
3. Montevallo-Sam Hunt-MCA
4. Jekyll + Hyde-Zac Brown Band-Republic
5. The Outsiders-Eric Church-EMI
6. Pain Killer-Little Big Town-Capitol
7. Pageant Material-Kacey Musgraves-Mercury
8. NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8-Various Artists-Sony/Universal
9. Old Boots, New Dirt-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow
10. Just As I Am-Brantley Gilbert-Valory
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Post by ozbest1 on Aug 2, 2015 8:39:55 GMT -6
Don't get Isbell vs AJ. No way! There was a lot of confusion about who really had the #1. Apparently. It was very close between these two.
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Post by Jhomes87 on Aug 2, 2015 23:39:45 GMT -6
Don't get Isbell vs AJ. No way! There was a lot of confusion about who really had the #1. Apparently. It was very close between these two. Only a few hundred copies separated them. I think Jason Isbell sold about 45,900 (with no airplay -- which is extremely impressive), and Alan sold around 45,500 (with virtually no airplay -- also extremely impressive). It was initially reported that Alan was #1, but SoundScan had to do a recalculation because for some reason they didn't get correct numbers from every retailer...and when the correct numbers came out, Isbell was on top. Both albums are incredible, by the way. I highly recommend them. Jason Isbell has a lot of talent, but unfortunately he doesn't "fit" into the category of what radio likes to play. And Alan is "too old" for radio, even though he still sells way more than most artists that are still popular on the radio. Billy Currington, Canaan Smith, Easton Corbin, Tyler Farr, Kelsea Ballerini, Jerrod Niemann, Frankie Ballard...I could go on and on and on. None of them can sell even close to what Alan did in his 1st week, even though the newer artists have singles that get heard by millions of radio listeners each week, whereas barely a dozen stations are even playing Alan's new single. Radio thinks it's smart to replace all the old artists (Alan, George, Reba) with newbies like Cannan, Frankie, and Tyler, because it's just gonna happen anyway, right? Well, that may be true, but if there's still a demand for Alan, George, and Reba -- and their album sales and concert ticket sales clearly show that there is still a high demand -- then it's really dumb for radio to be in such a rush to replace them with new artists, many of whom will never be able to sustain a long-term career. |
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